On the other side, in the middle of the border between the Tang Kingdom and the Dahua Empire, which is slightly north of the battle zone where the Tang Army launched an attack and broke through the Dahua border defense line, an officer was reporting to his superiors in a headquarters of the Tang Army. Work: "General! Preparations for counterattack have been made, just waiting for your order."
Standing in front of the map, the general who had been studying the target points on it turned around and nodded slightly to the group of commanders who had just stood behind him: "Order the troops to start attacking! We can't let people only remember St. Isn’t it Rolls? I, Bolton, the son of a blacksmith, it’s time to show them that the hammer that can make iron is the hardest!”
"Yes! General!" Everyone present stood at attention and saluted, shouting loudly: "Long live your Majesty! Long live the Tang Dynasty!"
The officers who received the orders left one after another, and soon all offensive tasks were distributed.
The leading general who stayed in the headquarters finally showed a relaxed look. He walked to your map again and muttered to himself: "Are you all looking at Zangjian Gorge? Are you all looking at Xicong? Hahahaha, think of me as Bolton. Doesn’t exist? Okay, I’ll show you that there were two generals in Dorne back then!”
He is the son of a blacksmith. If it were not for the Tang Military Academy, and if it were not for His Majesty, he would probably still be making a living by blacksmithing.
But now, he is a general! Command an army of hundreds of thousands and fight fiercely with the enemy on the bloody battlefield.
Today, he is a famous general in the world, one of the two heroes of Dorne, and a commander that countless kings and emperors dream of having.
Strauss showed his prowess in Chu State, and Bolton would naturally also show his prowess in Dahua. Otherwise, what if the whole world only remembers Strauss as the Donne double Jerry and forgets Burton?
So, on the first day of the new month, the Tang Army suddenly launched a new round of attack at the breakthrough point in the central area. Two infantry divisions opened the way and directly broke through the defense line of the Dahua Army, tearing a hole about ten kilometers wide. .
Subsequently, Commander Burton of the central region put the 6th Tank Division left behind in the central region of the Tang Army into the battlefield and began an assault deep into Dahua.
In just one day, the 6th Tank Division stretched across 70 kilometers and used a gorgeous arc to cut off the supply lines of the four remaining divisions of the central Dahua Empire.
The Dahua army was defeated and scrambled to escape from the encirclement of the 6th Armored Division. The Tang army in front of them then pressed forward and bit the Dahua troops who had left their positions.
Both sides chased each other. After three days, the defenders of Dahua gave up their resistance, handed over their weapons and surrendered. The breakthrough point in the central area of Dahua was expanded to nearly 100 kilometers.
Because it has controlled the southern oil fields, the Tang Kingdom has almost no crisis of oil shortage, so the General Staff of the Tang Dynasty took out about half of the fuel stock and handed it over to Bolton, who had achieved amazing results, so that he could continue to expand his results in the central region.
Feng Kezhi, the great general of the Dahua Empire, personally went into battle and led the reserve force of the Dahua Empire to the central battlefield.
Relying on the mountains and rivers in the central region, Feng Kezhi mobilized his troops and cooperated with the remaining local troops to finally stabilize the situation.
It's just that compared with the previous battle situation, the Great China Empire had an obvious concave shape in the border area, and a large area of territory was trampled under the feet of the Tang Dynasty's cavalry.
In the southern region, Qian Jinhang's troops, who were already trapped in a tight siege, were still struggling. However, in the past month, they had eaten up almost everything edible in the area under their control.
At the beginning, they mixed sawdust, bark, and various leaves into real food, and managed to survive for a while longer.
Later, the food was almost invisible, and the soldiers could only eat bark, grass, roots and leaves to satisfy their hunger. Some even did not let go of various leather products.
At this time, the troops began to kill the soldiers and horses, looking for everything they could eat. A large number of deserters began to appear in the army, and many people surrendered their weapons just to have a full meal with the Tang army on the opposite side.
At this moment, the remaining 500,000 troops in the encirclement have begun to rely on the relief of the Tang Army to maintain minimum stability.
Yes, you read that right, it’s Tang Jun’s “relief”
. The Tang army sent some military rations and barely allowed Qian Jinhang to maintain the situation. The Tang army even stopped further compressing Dahua's troops and slowed down its attack.
More than ten days ago, Qian Jinhang sent people to contact the Tang army and began to discuss surrender. In his personal opinion, he has done his best to the Great China Empire.
It can be said to be a miracle that his troops were able to persist for so long without reinforcements or food supplies.
However, this extraordinary performance came at a price, and the price was that he would eventually surrender to the Tang Kingdom with the title of general and hundreds of thousands of troops.
"General! The 100,000 troops outside have laid down their weapons as agreed and are under control of the Tang army..." A subordinate opened the door and walked in, speaking to Qian Jinhang who was sitting in front of the table.
Qian Jinhang replied absently: "I know."
"General...it's too late to regret now..." Another subordinate who was sorting out documents on the other side looked at Qian Jinhang, who was a little depressed, and reminded him with a little unwillingness.
Qian Jinhang nodded slightly, then shook his head: "There is no turning around. Since they promised not to abuse prisoners of war, then the best outcome is actually for these soldiers to hand over their weapons and surrender."
Because the Tang army wanted to disperse these prisoners, they did not allow all the Dahua troops in the encirclement to surrender at once.
The prisoners of Dahua who surrendered in batches were not sent to various areas to serve as laborers in accordance with the Tang Army's usual treatment method.
In fact, the Tang State was very friendly to the Chinese, and the treatment of goblin captives in the Mirage State was completely different. Although logically speaking, tall Chinese people are more talented in labor than goblins in every aspect.
It's a pity that in the Tang Dynasty, there is no need to hide one's discriminatory views. Everyone looks down on goblins, and the treatment of goblins is poor. This is a fact that cannot be helped.
For the Dahua troops in the encirclement, there is indeed no better way out without surrender. They have no way to break out, and no way to continue to hold on.
The weather has been very clear, the previous continuous rainfall has ended, and even the rushing rivers no longer have ferocious rolling waves.
In the eyes of the Tang Dynasty, sunny weather was good weather for murder and arson. Countless planes began to take off, wandering back and forth in the sky.
Just look up at the sky and you will know that there is no point in holding on any longer. If Qian Jinhang hadn't been quick to adapt to the situation, he might have had 100,000 fewer chips.
Sometimes things are so wonderful. Two generals from the Dahua Empire will meet on a street in Chang'an in the near future.
One is a strong general who commanded an army of one million and almost captured Xicong from Tiger. The other is a national thief who surrendered one million troops of the empire and a piece of territory in the southeast.
And the fate of the two of them will be completely different: from the moment Ding Hong surrenders, he can only be a rich man. Not to mention holding an official position, his being alive in Chang'an is already a gift of honesty and trustworthiness from the King of Tang Dynasty.
Qian Jinhang is completely different. He is the general of Dahua and will be the general of Datang in the future. Although he was unable to lead troops to fight, he had a place on the staff.
After all, the Tang Kingdom also lacked talents. A general who could command nearly a million troops, arrange the food, drink, and toilet of this army, and drive them to fight would be a treasure wherever he went.
Even if they are used to check for gaps in the staff department and provide advice to Loew, people like Qian Jinhang are still useful.
As for the whereabouts of these 600,000 to 700,000 troops, the senior officials of Tang State have naturally made arrangements.
They will be dispersed and filled into some cities that are in urgent need of labor, and will work as prisoners of labor reform for three years.
After three years, they have the right to choose to stay or return to the Great China Empire. If they choose to stay, they will receive a settling-in allowance, which means that they were actually paid for the three years they worked in Datang.
Those who choose to leave will naturally not get any money, but how many people will there be in three years?
If you choose to leave, only God knows.
According to the relevant laws of the Tang Kingdom, if such people choose to stay, the Tang Kingdom has the right to ask the Great China Empire for the family members of these people. All relatives within the third server are included in this list.
Of course, the Great China Empire also has the right not to surrender, but it must bear a certain degree of risk for this, such as being declared war by the Tang Dynasty, being sanctioned by the Tang Dynasty, etc.
In fact, the name Datang Kingdom may no longer exist soon, because many people in the upper echelons of the Tang Kingdom have begun to seriously consider whether they can make further progress.
Yes, the Tang Kingdom... is very likely to be officially renamed the Tang Empire after a complete victory in this war. And Tang Mo, the king of Tang Dynasty, is about to become the emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
This matter was not caused by Tang Mo, but caused by the inexplicable persuasion of a large group of officials.
At the beginning, a lot of old men and women in Chang'an City who were full and had nothing to do spontaneously participated. These people have a nice name, they are called Xianglao.
In other words, they are the group of people lying in the nursing home for the elderly in Tang Dynasty. They appealed to the King of Tang to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor, and upgrade the Tang Kingdom to a veritable Tang Empire.
If you want to say that no one was behind this, Tang Mo himself wouldn't believe it. But now the plate is bigger, many ministers have begun to have their own ideas, and Tang Mo cannot let them maintain the so-called simple folk customs forever...
